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| Las Vegas doctor gets life sentence for hepatitis C outbreak | | | LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A former doctor convicted of second-degree murder for infecting at least nine patients with hepatitis C was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for his role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of the disease tied to a physician. |
| Police lose hope in teen search | | | Three weeks of exhaustively scouring every corner of New York City have left police with little hope of finding a lost autistic boy alive. Yet they keep looking for the 14-year-old, who ran away from school. |
| As risk in corporates rises, banks are new safe play | | | Oct 25 (IFR) - After years of bad press, banks have become the safe play in the bond market while corporates are the pariahs - a role reversal underscored this week as investors snapped up about US$14bn of bank bonds while Apple came under shareholder attack. |
| Lotus Why Kimi was not paid | | | Kimi Raikkonen is leaving Lotus because he has not been paid his salary -- and the Formula One team now admits its philosophy is to prioritize spending on the car not its star drivers. |
| Five texts you should never send | | | We're texting more than ever, and, like society, the texts themselves are getting worse and worse. Read on to learn just how terrible silent cell phone users are these days. |
| Xinhua Journalist admits faking stories | | | A Chinese reporter who was arrested last week on suspicion of damaging a business' reputation has confessed to releasing fabricated stories about the company for money and fame, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. |
| Instagram prepares to roll out ads | | | Instagram is easing users into ads with a first look at what the paid posts will look like. And it appears to be a much more cautious approach than Instagram's parent company Facebook took with its early ads. |
| Vettel eyes fourth world title in India | | | Sebastian Vettel's extraordinary sequence of performances at the Buddh International Circuit continued on Saturday as the Red Bull driver secured a third straight pole position for the Indian Grand Prix. |
| Typhoon hits Tokyo area | | | At least 14 people have died and hundreds of flights have been canceled as Typhoon Wipha pummeled the Tokyo area on Wednesday. |
| Angry Over Syrian War, Saudis Fault U.S. Policy | | | Saudi Arabia is threatening to break with the United States and pursue a more robust role in supporting the rebellion against the Syrian government. But officials worry about alienating a friend and helping jihadists. |
| 'Beast' of Japan - or Peter Pan? | | | She was dubbed "The Assassin" after winning gold at the London 2012 Olympics, but Kaori Matsumoto prefers to be known as "Beast." Her coach, however, says she is more like Peter Pan -- and the judo star herself claims she once saw Tinker Bell. |
| High-tech Halloween costume tricks | | | Half the fun of Halloween is coming up with new, creative outfits that will blow your friends' minds and maybe scare a few impressionable children. (The other half, obviously, is candy.) |
| Turkish stocks climb on bank results | | | ISTANBUL, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Turkish stocks rose on Friday after better than expected third-quarter results from a bank and a mobile operator, ending a week that saw sentiment buoyed by expectations of a delay in a U.S. Federal Reserve stimulus cut. |
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